Thursday, December 22, 2011

First Amendment symposium

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From the articles editor of the Washington Law Review:  The University of Washington and the Washington Law Review are hosting a First Amend...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

False marking repled as consumer protection claim

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Sukumar v. Nautilus, Inc., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2011 WL 6325854 (W.D. Va.) False marking is the gift that keeps on giving!  The America I...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

UMG v. Veoh

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The Ninth Circuit just affirmed on Veoh's DMCA defense .  While there are many things to say about the DMCA analysis (primarily: good jo...

The claim is dismissed but the insurance lingers

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Southern Snow Manufacturing Co. v. Sno Wizard Holdings, Inc., 2011 WL 6296735 (E.D. La.) This part of the dispute is SnoWizard’s fight w...

Bankruptcy and going out of business sales

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In re Crawford Furniture Mfg. Corp., --- B.R. ----, 2011 WL 6325859 (Bkrtcy.W.D.N.Y.)  Bankruptcy is a rara avis around here, but this c...

News for storage jars, right of publicity edition

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Warning for rank idiocy: " The real loss from the controversy surrounding Paterno comes not for Penn State but for the Paterno family a...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Snowball's chance: TM claim as false advertising

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Southern Snow Manufacturing Co. v. Sno Wizard Holdings, Inc., --- F. Supp. 2d ----, 2011 WL 6287955 (E.D. La.) Mark McKenna should be in...
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Southern Snow Manufacturing Co. v. Sno Wizard Holdings, Inc., --- F. Supp. 2d ----, 2011 WL 6287950 (E.D. La.) Earlier ruling discussed by...

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New publication: Scary Monsters: Hybrids, Mashups, and Other Illegitimate Children , 86 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1635 (2011). The rest of the iss...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Washington Post on ads masquerading as editorial content

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Yep, it's still happening.
Thursday, December 15, 2011

California law and Lanham Act converge to condemn false advertising

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K & N Engineering, Inc. v. Spectre Performance, 2011 WL 6133258 (C.D. Cal.) Previous coverage of the denial of summary judgment on Spect...

Claims of international scope count as "designation of origin"

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Benihana of Tokyo, Inc. v. Benihana, Inc., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2011 WL 6187098 (D. Del.) Plaintiff Benihana of Tokyo (BOT) sued defendants (...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The bond Kevin Trudeau doesn't want you to know about

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Federal Trade Commission v. Trudeau, --- F.3d ----, 2011 WL 5927435 (7th Cir.) Some background . Kevin Trudeau violated a court-approved se...

Larry Sager's Etsy store

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Either a wealth of exam questions or a spectacle you can't unsee. Maybe both? Rau/Bieber collage: "This handsomely framed collage ...
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Ada Initiative fundraising drive for women in open tech and culture

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The Ada Initiative seeks to support women in open technology & culture , addressing the ways in which "open culture" and ...